According to a July blog post from the City of Vancouver Archives, camping on the local beaches used to be a “fashionable” thing for many of the city’s wealthier settler families around the turn of the twentieth century. (You won’t regret following that link; there’s an 1896 photo of a cow in a hat!) But it’s pouring and thundering in the city today, so for all of those of you who aren’t beach-camping – wherever you may be – here is a mixed-bag compilation of recent internet happenings that might be of interest.

The genealogy events on the upcoming calendar at the Newberry Library, Chicago. Readers might also be interested in the seminars at Newberry’s Center for American Indian Studies, recently announced for this autumn.